Butt-loading for whips.



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No. 707,124. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

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U ITED. STATES- HENRY w. LARSSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MAssAonusE'rTs,.inssienon TO LARSSON WHIP COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

OADING FORTIWHII5S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,124, dated August 19, 190. Application filed September 5,1901. Serial No. 74,357. (No model.) Y

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. LARSSON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in thecounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Butt-Loading for Whips, of which the following is a full, clear, and, exact de scription.

This invention relates to the handle portion or end of whips or similar devices. The stock of the whip is usually made'of an elastic non-metallic material, such as'ratan, and a weight of metal is generally connected to it at the butt-end.

The object of my invention is 'to provide an improved form of weight and-means for efficiently and economically securing the Weight to the whip-stock.

Another object is to construct the rear or butt portion of the whip so that there is a' degree of flexibility thereat, whichis impart- .ed by the portion of the windingmaterial in advance of the loading and which portion in advance substantially enlarges and gives form to the whip-butt. 1

My invention, broadly stated, consists in securing a covering of sheet fibrous material to the stem' at or near the butt-end and having an annular portion thereof extending toward the end and having a metal portion surrounding the stock below this covering having the annular portion embedded in it; and my invention comprises such'further details of construction and arrangement, either separately or in combination, as will be'more particularlydescribed hereinafter with-reference to the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingsfln which the characters of reference indicate, corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 represents the stock with one corner of the covering attached thereto in the first stage of wrapping. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the stock with the covering in an advanced stage of wrapping. Fig. 3 shows the stock with the covering completely wrapped thereon. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of the stock and covsuch as the corner 14, is wrapped once around the st0ck'12 and then preferably pasted onto the covering, as shown in Fig, Thereupon paste or glue is applied to one' or both sides of the covering, and-it is1wrapped entirely around th e stock 12, forming the convolutions shownfin'Figs. 2'and 3. From) the place of' attachment of the'corner'14 to the stock 12 to the place where the corner 15, is secured the entire surface of. the stock is inflcontact with the covering, which will be of atapering contour, as shown in Figs. 313111 6. 4; but from the place of attachmentof the corner 14 to that of corner 16; where the wrapping is completed,

the covering'will not be in contact with the stock, but will be of a flaring or substantially funnel-shaped form 18, as best shownin Fig. 4', thus forming a taperin'gannular spaceor slot 19. The whip then has a loading 17 of areadily-fusible metal-such as lead, for ex-,

ample-molded onto the end an'd lower portion of the'covering. This is done in any suitable manner, so that the metal will flow onto and entirelyfillfthefannular space 119:- and will also cover thejoutside of the portion;l8, thus causingitheglatterportion to be embedded in it. Thefmetalxisalso caused, preferably to entirely surround and envelop the stock 12 below the wrapping 13. ,Thejoutsidegof. the metal portion 17 is preferably'ma'detapering, so that its upper extremity- 20 willrhergeint0 the wrapped covering, as show-o iiiFigs. 5 v

and 6, and this taper is continued to the end of the metal portion and corresponds to the taper of the covering, so that the whole will be of a uniform conical contour.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the covering is the same as in the other form; but the stock 120 below the attachment of the corner 14 is made of a taper corresponding to the space 19 of the covering, and hence there will be no annular space 19 formed when the cover is wrapped on the stem 120, and when the metal portion 170 is molded onto this wrapped stock the metal will not lie between the covering and the stock, but will contact with the outside only of the covering.

In Fig. 5 is shown a wrapping or layer of some suitable elastic or flexible material 21 wound or secured to the stock 12 at the location of the upper part of the metal loading 17 in order to form a cushion for the metal loading at this place, and thus increase the flexibility of the whip.

Instead of the wrapping of the textile material the covering 13 may consist of a winding of thread or yarn that can be built up to form the funnel-shaped lower portion by the well-known methods of winding cops with overlapping ends. This wrapping of threads or yarn would appear in section substantially the same as set forth in Figs. 4:, 5, and 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a surrounding an nular portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt and a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said annular portion and having the latter portion embedded in it.

2. ha whip or kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a surrounding annular convolute covering of textile material, whose free end extends toward the butt, and a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said annular portion and having the latter portion embedded in it.

3. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a substantially funnel-shaped portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt, and a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said funnel-shaped portion and having the latter portion embedded in it.

4. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a substantially fun nel-shaped portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt and whose walls taper toward the butt-end, and a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said funnelshaped portion and having the latter portion embedded in it.

5. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a substantially funnel-shaped convolute textile portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt, and a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said funnel-shaped portion and having the latter portion embedded in it.

6. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a stock having a wrapping of fabric thereon a short distance from the butt-end that tapers upwardly, and a casing of metal molded onto the stock and incasing the buttend and also the lower portion of the wrapping.

7. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a stock; a covering that has an annular portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt and also an intermediate portion; and a metal portion surrounding the stock below said'covering and having the annular portion embedded in it and also incasing said intermediate portion.

8. In a whip or kindred device, the combination of a stock; a convolute textile covering that has a substantially funnel-shaped portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt, and whose walls diminish in thickness from an intermediate part toward each end; and a metal portion surrounding the stock below the covering and having the funnel-shaped portion embedded in it.

9. In a whip or.kindred device, the combination of a main portion; a substantially funnel-shaped portion whose larger free end extends toward the butt, a metal portion surrounding the main portion below said f unnelshaped portion and having the latter portion embedded in it, and a non-metallic elastic portion located between the upper part of the metal portion and the stock.

Signed by me at Springfield Massachusetts, this 30th day of August, 1901.

HENRY W. LARSSON.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, M. A. CAMPBELL. 

